Panic At The Disco

Date: 1st July 2008
Venue: Matrix/Bochum
Supporting Acts: Dúné
Special Memory: fainting before the show, being in the first row, taking mattias’ hand during Dúné’s show, trying to tell ryan that brendon’s mic was broke, jon asking me if i’m seeing Panic for the first time, the cool security guys who handed out water & splashed it into our faces
Merch: -

well, when i found out that the supporting act is going to be Dúné i was even more looking forward to this concert. unfortunately none of my friends could join me, so i took my sister with me. she’s not a huge panic fan, but she likes them, so it was okay for her.
well, we arrived at the venue at about 3.30pm and the entry was at 7pm. however when they let us in it wasn’t like we got straight to the concert hall, no, we were again waiting in front of a door which led us to the concert hall. well, it was really hot in there. by and by the oxigen was getting less. i started feeling dizzy. however, i thought, noo, you’re not going to faint. look after your sister, because she is more sensitive in this respect.
yeah, a few seconds later i heard my sister shouting my name into my ear and i felt how we got away.. i saw some stairs, but it was all fuzzy. as soon as we got out of the crowd, the air was like a million times better. i layed down, got some cold water. i was all in sweat. and i thought: shit, now you’re gonna end up in the last row or something. great job. but then i noticed that someone is singing. and it was brendons voice. yeah, panic was doing their soundcheck. and me and my sister were not somewhere far away from the concert hall. NO, we were in an area just next to the concert hall. so i was reviving listening to panic at the disco. could there be anything better?!
well, of course we weren’t allowed to move. so we stayed and talked to the guy who selled their merch. i tried to convince him that i’m not one of those crazy fangirls who start crying and fainting as soon as they just talk about their favourite band. whatever..
some time, a guy passed by heading to the door, which seperated the crowd from the concert hall, and told us that he’ll open the doors now. okay, i felt completely good by that time, so i told my sister: RUN! and we ran into the concert hall heading to the middle of the first row. i was all like: hell, yeah! but then all the drama began. some drunk girl came and started offending me like: oooh you stupid bitch, you fainted on purpose just to get in the first row and stuff.. she was really rude. of course it was not that fair of me.. but seriously, be honest: wouldn’t you have done exactly the same?! it ended up that my sister hit her, because she was getting sick of that girl (yeah, actually my sister is a very peaceful person, but in that moment she freaked out) and that girl punched her back. xD and i was all like: holy shit.. but they stopped pretty soon. yeah, then Dúné entered the stage.
waaaah, this band is just awesome, really. and their leadsinger is sooo cute. one time he reached out his arm and i looked at him and took his hand for a few seconds. that was so cool, because he didn’t take any of the other hands which were next to mine. HAHA! (don’t think i take that serious, i’m not thinking that he loves me or something like that, okay? i was just a cool experience :D) yeah, again Dúné made up a reeeally good atmosphere! and it was so cute, that they were so happy that some of the people (like me) knew their lyrics.
again after a looong soundcheck panic came on the staaage. it was aweeesome, really. the girl next to me had brought a tambourine with her. and one time i played with it to that green gentleman. that was soo cool so much fun! yeah, and actually the boys took it, because all their instruments were in france (i think now that guy who drove the truck is unemployed) so they took her tambourine and played with it, that was quiet awesome.
one time jon asked me (i’m pretty sure it was me, because he reacted on my answers) if i was seeing panic for the first time.
lol, i didn’t get his point, but i was like: noo, third time! lol.
yeah, but it was even more funny when i tried to tell ryan that brendons mic was broke. really, we almost didn’t hear him. so i looked at ryan until he looked at me and then i started to gesture. first i held my hands behind my ears and made a strained face to make him see that i can’t hear anything. then i pointed on brendons mic (maybe he thought i pointed on brendon) and did this movement, which shows that someone cuts your head off. this way i wanted to tell him that brendons mic was dead. really not that difficult, right? :D:D yeah, ryan looked confused but i think he thought it was funny too, and then he formed the word “no” with his lips. i just shrugged my shoulders and went on singing along. :D:D
at the end shane came and filmed the guys, and then he also filmed us one time. then i asked him where this video is going to be released and he told me that he’s making a documentary about the guys and he’s gonna release it in about august. and i thought, yaaay, you’re gonna be on a documentary! and i mean, i talked to shane. he’s brendons roommate. lol, and his voice is so incredibly high, i really had to control myself not to burst out laughing.
yep, they played almost the same songs as they did last week. and brendon actually had the same clothes on. i mean, i’ve seen other pictures of shows during last week, and again he was wearing the same clothes. idk, that’s quite strange, isn’t it? fortunately i could see that he had changed his underwear at least.
the guys were great, as always. i can’t wait to see them again.
i think it was really good that the security guys handed out some cold water to the crowd. i’ve never experienced that, but it was a nice change. yeah, i think that’s it.

result:
i love those guys, really, and combined with that amazing supporting act, the concert was terrific!